Faucet attachment



F. P. WILLIAMS.

FAUCET ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21 attozmpy UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

FRANK ."P. WILLIAMS, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR T0 E. E. GUDKA MFG.(30., OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

FAUGET ATTACHMENT.

Application filed May 21,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK P. WVILLIAMs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Faucet Attachments, ofwhich the following is a spec1fication.

This invention relates to combined drinking fountains and filters, andcomprises an attachment which can be very cheaply manufactured largelyout of sheet metal and which is intended to be applied to an ordinaryfaucet or bib. The normal actlon of the device is to filter the water,but when desired, a button may be pressed to convert the attachment intoa bubbling fountaln for drinking. This will more fully appear 1n thedescription following.

In the drawings,

Figure l is a side elevation.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the attachment.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the attachment upon a faucet.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical section.

a represents a sheet metal barrel which has a bottom I) folded in t0 thebottom edge of the barrel in the inclined seam 0. The bottom isperforated at a? and a filter of charcoal or any other suitable materialdesignated e fits in the bottom of the barrel. The filter f fits intothe top of the barrel, while the barrel cap 9 fits over the top end andis provided with a bubbling orifice 71. and an orifice for the valvestem 1', which comprises simply a rod running down through this stemwith a button jat its top. A coil spring 7 tends to keep the rodprojected. When one wants a drink he simply presses down on the button jand this brings the flap valvc Z down over the orifice through thefilter and so chokes the water at this point so it will bubble throughthe bubbling orifice h to allow one to drink.

One of the special features of this filter is the adaptability it hasfor attachment to an ordinary faucet or bib. A comparatively thick andwide rubber washer m which has a conical outer surface is forced up overthe bib or faucet elbow, a thin metallic washer npreceding it on theelbow. This metallic washer has a pair of perforated ears 0 throughwhich are adapted to be drawn the metal straps 79 which are part of themetal that is struck out of the side of the barrel to Specificationof'L'etters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921. 1920. Serial No. 383,038.

provide the orifice to receive the bib or faucet elbow. These straps maybe drawn through the slotted ears 0 by any suitable tool such as a pairof pincers until the barrel of the attachment is suitably jammed up onthe conical exterior of the rubber washer so as to make it water-tight.The straps may then be bent back to hold them in this position, securinga water-tight fit betweenthe washer and the walls of the barrel orifice.Of course the rubber washer itself has a water-tight fit with the bib orfaucet elbow inasmuch as it is initially of smaller diame ter than thisand has to be stretched in order to fit thereover.

What I claim is:

1. An attachment for a faucet, compris ing a barrel having a bubblingfountain orifice in its top and an aperture through its side adapted toallow a faucet elbow to enter into the barrel, a rubber washer having aconical exterior adapted to be fitted over the faucet elbow and adaptedto engage in said aperture, and a metal washer fitting over the faucetelbow ahead of the rubber washer, and means between the washer and thebarrel for drawing the barrel into water-tight relation with respect tothe rubber washer.

2. A faucet attachment comprising a barrel having a bubbling fountainorifice and having an aperture through its side adapted to receive afaucet elbow, a rubber washer adapted to fit over the faucet elbow andadapted to engage in the aperture in the side of the barrel, a metalwasher engaging on the faucet elbow ahead of the rubber washer, and astrap struck out of the metal of the barrel adapted to engage throughthe metal washer and be turned back to clamp the barrel into water-ti htrelation with respect to the rubber washer.

3. An attachment for faucets, comprising a barrel provided with anopening in its side and adapted to fit on a faucet, means for se curingsaid barrel over the elbow and packing the space between the opening andthe elbow, said barrel provided with an orifice in its bottom to allowthe flow of water therethrough and a bubbling orifice in its top, and avalve in the form of a flap and a rod passing through the top of thebarrel by which the same may be controlled, said flap when pressedagainst the bottom orifice serving to choke the water and cause it tobubble through the bubbling orifice.

4. An attachment for faucets, comprising said flap thereby allowing theWater to flow a barrel adapted to fit over a faucet having through thebottom orifice of the barrel but an aperture in'its lower end and abubbling when pressed down causing it to choke the 10 orifice in itstop, a flap valve comprising a bottom of the orifice thereby causing the5 flap, a rod running through the top of the Water to bubble through thebubbling orifice. barrel, and yielding means for normally In testimonywhereof I aflix my signature. keeping the rod projected upwardly, theFRANK P. WILLIAMS.

